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DAY 2 - ITEM 6 - Data Science and Its Role
DAY 2 - ITEM 6 - Data Science and Its Role
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Outline
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WIKIPEDIA
Extraction of knowledge from
volumes
large of data that are structured or
...[DS includes] The field of data science is unstructured, which is a continuation of
mathematics, statistics, emerging at the intersection of the field data mining and predictive
data engineering, the fields of social science and analytics, also known as knowledge
pattern recognition and statistics, information and discovery and data mining (KDD).
learning, advanced computer science, and design "Unstructured data" can include emails,
computing, visualization, BERKELEY SCHOOL OF videos, photos, social media, and other
uncertainty modeling, user-generated content.
data warehousing, and INFORMATION
high performance
computing with the goal INTERDISCIPLINARY First, the raw material, the
of extracting meaning NEW KINDS “data” part of Data Science,
from data and creating Data is increasingly
OF DATA
data products Science heterogeneous and
unstructured. Second,
MOUT DATA AS computers interpret data
PRODUCT automatically, making them
NEW METHODS FOR active agents in the process
of sense making.
MAKING-SENSE TO DATA
DHAR
…merely using data isn’t really what we Data science is the study of
mean by “data science.” A data application where information comes At its core, data science
acquires its value from the data itself, and from, what it represents involves using automated
creates more data as a result. It’s not just an and how it can be turned methods to analyze
application with data; it’s a data product. into a valuable resource in massive amounts of data
Data science enables the creation of data the creation of business and and to extract knowledge
products IT strategies from them.
LOUKADIS (O’REILLY MEDIA) NEW YORK
ROUSE UNIVERSITY
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Data Science landscape
• Signal processing • Visualization
• Probability models • Predictive analytics
• Nanotechnologies
• Machine learning • Uncertainty modeling
• Physics
• Statistical learning • Data warehousing
• Robotics
• Data mining • Data compression
• Mathematics
• Database • Computer programming
• Statistics
• Data engineering • High Performance Computing
• Information theory
• Pattern recognition
• Information technology
• AI
FIELDS Data
Science TECHINIQUES
(WIKIPEDIA)
OBJECTS
APPROACHES
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A data scientist may or may not
Who is a Data Scientist? have specialized industry
knowledge to aid in modeling
In addition to advanced analytic skills, this individual is also
business problems and with
proficient at integrating and preparing large, varied datasets,
understanding and preparing data.
architecting specialized database and computing environments,
and communicating results.
Creating value from data
The data scientist has requires a range of talents:
TASKS MISSION
emerged as a new role, from data integration and
distinct from — but Data Scientist preparation, to
with similarities to — PROFILE TALENT architecting specialized
those of business GARTNER computing/database
intelligence (BI) analysts environments, to data
and statisticians RESPONSIBILITY PECULIARITY mining and intelligent
algorithms
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Is Data Science a maturity science?
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2013/05/28/a-very-short-history-of-data-science
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Steps to a Metaphisics of Data Science
• How does the Data Science in the context of the Knowledge Organization?
• What are its relations with other fields of scientific knowledge?
• Can DS be explained as part of the philosophy of science?
Philosophy of
Philosophical Philosophy of Philosophy of Knowledge
context Data Information (Epistemology,
Gnoseology)
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Beyond Data Science?
Information Science sits at the intersection
Information Science is the study of information of technology, people, and organizations.
and how it is used by people within It is a distinct discipline and has a focus on
organisations Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) used by people to
manage information within organisations.
Information
Ambito Science
scientifico
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filosofico
http://infosci.otago.ac.nz/what -is-information-science/
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Beyond Data Science?
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https://www.crcpress.com/Knowledge-Science-Modeling-the-Knowledge-Creation-Process/Nakamori/9781439838365
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